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Explain crossing the bar as a victorian poem

Explain crossing the bar as a victorian poem

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  1. The Victorian poet’s common theme which was represented, through the writing of the age, was faith and belief on god. During the Victorian century, Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species changed the way people looked towards religion and God. The shackles of faith was slowly breaking down and at the time, the church urged everyone to have faith on God. Through this poem, Tennyson preached the necessity to believe in God as He will make sure the journey from life to death happened smoothly.

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